I think that everything of import to many people ends up being politics. Rather than banning or relegating politics, I would prefer a policy that all politics

I think that everything of import to many people ends up being politics. Rather than banning or relegating politics, I would prefer a policy that all politics must be directly and specifically related to a technical or startup topic. So, for example, a submission about a reduction in H1B visas would be allowable, but a submission about UK VAT or US income tax would not be -- even though one could argue that many HN members are affected by VAT or income tax, so is everyone else in those countries. In the end, though, everything interesting will be of interest to some hackish minds. I think it's reasonable to argue that a serious UBI would result in a larger number of startups, but not everyone would agree that this is a suitably specific application.